 Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.  New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Página 371836Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Percy Sadler - 1872 - 302 páginas
...a miserable end, and procured her the ease and comfort necessary to old age. PS (Historique.) " TIB a little thing To give a cup of water, yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd li[>«, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Henewa the... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 322 páginas
...these things are small, They may be nothing— but — they may be all. B. MoNCKTON MlLNES. 1II. 5. 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught* Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a thrill of pleasure to the frame,b More exquisite" than when nectareand... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 páginas
...— "It is little: But in these sharp extremities of fortune, The blessings which the weak and pnur can scatter Have their own season. 'Tis a little thing...water; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fcver'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frauio More exquisite than when neetarcan juice Renews... | |
 | Edward P. Nowell - 1874 - 282 páginas
...fellow-man than in any pleasure which mere money may buy. How beautifully has the poet, Talfourd, said: "'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1875 - 604 páginas
...Portia. '•' It is little, But in these sharp extremities of fortune, The blessings which the weak and poor can scatter Have their own season. 'Tis a little...cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarian... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 páginas
...• ,- ' "It is little: But in these sharp extremities of fortune, The blessings which the weak and poor can scatter Have their own season. 'Tis a little...cup of water; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained byfever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 páginas
...gladly entertained him, Who was as glad to follow. BEAUMONT AXD FLETCHER. SYMPATHY. FROM " ION." 'T is a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
 | William T. Hollis - 1878 - 106 páginas
...1802. Weep not for me, But weep for yourselves. ••-« OLD PLYMOUTH. The Plymouth Water Works. " 'Tis a. little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when Ncctarian... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 páginas
...Make haste to ask him for thy share." HELEN HUNT JACKSON'. SYMPATHY. FROM " ION," ACT I. SC. 2. 'T IS her breast so blight. Of all the operas that Verdi wrote, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 páginas
...delightful thought The poet and the child. AN ACT OF KINDNESS. FROM "ION." The blessings which the weak and ar, from cliff and scar, • The horns of Elflaud...Blow! let us hear the purple glens replying; Blow, bu drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
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